I cook everything from scratch, and don’t much like having to deal with raw meat, so vegetarian it is. Most ‘ethnic’ cuisines have great vegetarian dishes but, again, I am so lazy, so it is mostly yoghurt and berries in the morning, and salads at night. I’m not vegan, and so cheese is a definite yes for salad, as well…

Most of my relatives are unrefined whites

Also try eating it with raw zucchini slices. It’s a match made in heaven but completely unexpected.

Yeah, I’ve often come in early, left late, worked for an “underling.” Since my job is largely stationary and theirs are on the floor, I’ve even let them park their kids in my office, where I’d get them to start their homework and wait for dad/grandma/babysitter to pick them up. Last week, I had a mildly ill kid (sent…

“the luxury of dropping all responsibilities and gallivanting around.”

Yes, the decade I spent studying my ass off as I pursued higher education, pushing myself to research, write, hunker down in the library instead of go out partying, snuggle up to a significant other, start a family and a home did result in me finally finally finally getting an amazing job where I have the luxury of…

I put in a decade of “boring” work in my teens and 20s, trying to solve my anxiety and depression issues while tethered to the same small area I was born in, grew up in, and had lived in forever. I was told time and time again that it was my fault and that if I really wanted to get better I would “try” and be…

To be fair, though, I read this as less running away and more I’m going to give something I always wanted to do a try. She worked and saved for her goal, she didn’t ask her mom to foot any bills, she planned, she seems to be supporting herself and doing what she wanted to do.

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back— Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to…

Wow. You know, I’m also struggling with these issues. Parts of this spoke to me intensely, other parts I didn’t relate to at in the slightest, because the author and I are different people, with different experiences, even though we seem to share some common ground. But I’m damn sure not going to tear her down or be…

Seriously. How dare she move on with her life? Doesn’t she know her purpose in in this world is to be miserable and thus entertain everyone else in the world with her suffering? [/sarcasm]

This exemplifies the spirit of nom nom nom. I have tears in my eyes.

If the stalking is an official case known to the police or other authorities it can be a valid reason. They first try to monitor the stalker and the victim and encourage the use of non-lethal weapons.

In Germany gun permits are only valid for 3 years and people applying for one have to go through a test to evaluate their character/sanity and their need for a gun. A person must be at higher risk than the general population and a gun has to be a reasonable tool for minimizing that risk* to be deemed as in need of a…

Women in control of their shit are always going to be vilified. Young, old, it doesn’t seem to matter...men can use and abuse any number of women in rapid succession but seem to cry the loudest when the script is flipped.

I’m not sure what’s so hard to understand about his wanting to say his piece at the convention and have a role in shaping the party platform as much as possible before he gets behind Hillary. This is not an issue of being unable to admit defeat—he knows as well as anyone else that his chances at this thing dried up…

Or whatever it was, after the initial identity politicking wore off. Some of us—even knowing there is a special place in hell for us—continue to vote on policy. We may even speak up over the next few years, if universal health care gets continually moved to the backburner in favor of Syrian intervention. With the…

His entire campaign was only ever supposed to be a leftward nudge for Clinton. It took off in ways he (and certainly his campaign) never expected, and he had a genuine chance for a while there. If they’d been more prepared from the beginning, I honestly think he could have beaten Clinton handily, but the relative…

Once, when I asked for a glass of wine on the plane, the flight attendant asked, “Would you like for me to bring you two?” God, was it that obvious?

Off topic, but in my son’s toddler yoga class, one of the songs they sing has namaste in it and all the kids get really excited and start yelling when it comes around. It took all of us a while to figure out that they are all shouting “mama, stay!”